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ALSF COMMA Fund 2008-2011
ACRE is pleased to announce that 57 organisations were awarded grants under the 2010-11 COMMA grants programme. The total funding available this year was £437,500 with the successful projects receiving grants of between £3,000 and £20,000. The funding has been spread equitably, across the counties covered by the scheme, to projects which address a variety of community needs. These awards include a local food initiative, installation of solar panels, playing fields improvements and the construction of a composting toilet!
Full list of the 2010-11 project awards
Since 2007 ACRE has delivered this annual grants programme funded by Defra’s Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund (ALSF). COMMA has attracted over 900 applications and awarded funding to 190 projects, supporting a wide range of projects which provide genuine and lasting benefit in communities affected by aggregates extraction or transportation.
The COMMA fund is now closed for applications and it is unclear whether COMMA will continue beyond the 2010-2011 round. Information on the future of the fund will be posted on this website as soon as it is available.
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Here are some projects which have received funding from COMMA:
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| Wiltshire Wood Recycling – awarded £10,000 towards a new gas-fuelled truck to collect un-wanted wood from building sites and industrial premises. Wiltshire Wood Recycling was set up to divert wood from landfill and skips, offer it for sale to the local community and provide volunteering and training opportunities for all members of the community. The company donates wood and wood products to schools and community groups. This wood is sorted, prepared then sold or made into useful items such as composters, raised flower or vegetable beds, tables for schools and chicken houses! |
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| YWCA West Kent Centre – awarded £5,574 for their after school activities programme. The project provided an opportunity for young women, in two age groups, to attend after school activities which provided creative activities around healthy lifestyles, sexual health, friendships and image and relationships. For the younger group, activities included teambuilding, trips, exploring personal strengths and friendships, designing/accessorising bags and t- shirts. The older group addressed issues such as relationships and emotions, abuse of drugs and alcohol and produced a DVD around sexual health to use as a peer mentoring tool for younger women. YWCA serves disadvantaged young women in England & Wales. |
| Watlington Parish Council – awarded £20,000 towards a new play area and recreation ground. The scheme incorporated a large new play area designed for babies to young people of all abilities, a new fitness trail aimed at older children and adults, a football kick-around area and new landscaping, mounds and pathways. The old play area was tired, little used and inadequate and those residents that could, travelled to other towns and villages to access better facilities. This new facility revitalises the area and provides excellent play and fitness facilities within the local community. |
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Wittersham Village Hall Management Committee – awarded £7,750 towards a new suspended ceiling in the main hall. The new ceiling, with acoustic tiling, new lighting and insulation will help the hall remain self supporting. The insulation will cut fuel costs and the new lighting will increase the usage of the hall, particularly in the winter months. |
| Little Thetford Sports & Social Club – awarded £11,400 towards a multi-use games area. This new sporting facility will enable children and adults within the community and surrounding areas, of all levels of ability, to participate in a variety of sports. The new all-weather floodlit games area includes football, netball and tennis and it is planned that local schools will use the facility at a concessionary rate. |
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Bubbenhall Parish Council – awarded £6,500 to restore their village green and spring. The newly restored public area is now a focal point for the village community and visitors to enjoy and the potable spring water is available again. |
| Gilberdyke and District Leisure Association – awarded £7,332 to improve safe public access to a ten acre recreational area. The access track provides a public right of way through fields to the scout hut, pavilion, playing/sports field and bowls green and is the only access to the site. The resurfaced track now provides a safe surface for all visitors, particularly pedestrians, cyclists, prams and those in wheelchairs. The work was done with the help of a dedicated team of volunteers.
 
 
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